Powerware Model V-2000B User Manual

34 = Basic Operations 

Save As 
A region defined by Mark-In and Mark-Out may be saved as a new clip with a unique 

name.  Use the Save As button for this purpose.  A dialog box will appear with a 

prompt to enter a clip name.  After entering the name, click Save As again to save the 
clip with a new name.  When using Save As it is a good practice to give new sub-clips 

a name related to the original. 

A clip consists of audio/video data and related attributes.  The attributes include the 

current starting and ending points – the In and Out edit points. 
When a copy of a clip is made using the Save As feature, only the In and Out edit 

points are actually copied to the new clip.  The base audio/video data is shared among 

all copies.  In this way, each copy may have different In/Out Points without using 

additional disk space to duplicate the audio/video data.  Additionally, the In and Out 

Points can be adjusted later to any position within the original recorded material. 
Clips created with the Save As feature are noted in the File List as having a duration 

equal to their play time, as defined by the In and Out-Marks.  The sum of these 

durations may far exceed the anticipated recording time available on the disk array.  

However, these “v irtual files” take no disk space.  Refer to the Percent Disk Full and 

Time Remaining estimation in the File > New… dialog box, or at the bottom right of 
the main application window. The Record Time Remaining estimate is based primarily 

on the current record configuration bit rate, the number of audio tracks selected, and 

the available disk space. 
Another important concept is that there is no parent-child relationship among clips.  

The original clip name may be deleted without affecting any clip created by using Save 
As

.  Renaming clips will never cause the Image Server to lose track of its relationship to 

the original recorded data.  The original recording will remain on the disk as long as 

there is at least one clip file pointing to it. The original recording will be automatically 

deleted when the last clip associated with it is deleted.  Deleting all related clips is the 

only way to free disk space.  

 is a drop-down selection under File, allowing a new or more useful name to 

be applied to an existing clip (Figure 8).  Select Rename, and then within the window, 

select the file to be renamed.  Type a new name in the Rename window, then click the 
Rename

 button.  The old file name will be replaced with the new one.